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The QC, Vol. 77, No. 02 • September 13, 1990

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QUAKER CAMPUS
Volume LXXVTT NnmW 9 ^5 5"l September 13,1990
The Voice of Whittier College Since 1914
September 13,1990
Master Degree Program
Reviewed for Termination
By Caitlin Duffy
QC News Staff
Whittier College's Speech
Pathology and Audiology two-
year Master Degree Program
is in the process of being
reviewed for termination by
the Educational Policy
Committee.
"The committee will be
holding a hearing to receive
input on this decision," Robert
Marks, Vice President for
Academic Affairs and Dean of
Faculty, said. "Once we reach
a consensus we will be making
a recommendation to President
Ash about whether or not to
continue the Masters Degree
Program. It is still unclear
when this decision will be
reached; most likely this fall."
The proposal for the
termination of the Speech
Pathology and Audiology
Masters Program was
suggested by Marks last spring
when plans for the
accreditation of the program
by the American Speech and
Hearing Association (A.S.H.A.)
fell through.
"A.S.HA. requires that any
Speech Pathology Masters
Program attempting to become
accredited must have a
minimum of three full-time
faculty members with Phd.'s
and must maintain a student to
faculty ratio of six to one,"
Marks said. After three faculty
members resigned last spring
the program could no longer
continue the accreditation
process.
In May, 1990, Speech
Pathology Chairperson, Irene
Carlyle announced to her
students that a proposal had
been made to discontinue the
Masters Program and also to
stop the accreditation process.
Senior and Speech Pathology
Major, Janet Prentice said "the
proposal was announced at our
end of the year picnic. We
were completely surprised...no
notice was even given to the
graduate students."
After the proposal was
presented to the Speech
Pathology Department last
May, a group of over 30
students formed to picket
Whittier's graduation
ceremony. "We wanted people
on the Board of Trustees to
know where we stood,"
Prentice said.
Although no new graduate
students were accepted for the
1990-1991 school year, the
students who are currently
enrolled in the graduate
program were guaranteed that
regardless of whether the
masters program is
discontinued, they will be able
to finish their studies at
Whittier.
"Although the proposal
doesn't effect me directly/'
Cheri Rose-Kocielas, second
A STRUGGLING PROGRAM: The Speech and Hearing Building - home of a Masters
Program, for now.
year Speech Pathology
Graduate Student said, "I feel it
is wrong to stop the
accreditation and the Master
Degree Program. After
hearing the proposal, we (the
current Speech Pathology
Graduate students) felt that the
college was giving up on us."
Rose-Kociela, as well as
three others will be graduating
from the Masters Degree
Program in the spring.
According to Marks, no
new graduate students were
admitted this year because
"starting in 1993, A.S.HA. has
mandated that in order to
become a licensed Speech
Pathologist, one must graduate
from an accredited Masters
Program. If we admitted new
students this year and for some
reason they didn't complete
their studies in two years, they
would have little chance of
getting a job because they
didn't graduate from an
accredited program."
Prentice said that she had
planned to enroll in Whittier's
Speech Pathology Masters
Degree Program after
graduating with her B.A. this
spring. "I still don't understand
why the administration is
taking away a program that is
so successful," she commented.
"I think since we had to
stop the accreditation process,"
Marks said, "it is best for the
college that we put our
resources into the
undergraduate Speech
Pathology Program. Even if
the graduate program ends up
being fazed out, we will
certainly be able to maintain
the quality of the program at
the undergraduate level."
Triples and Quadruples Created to
AccomodateAII On-CampusStudents
By Jennifer Buddemeyer
QC News Staff
As a result of the tendency
for returning students to
remain in the residence halls,
and an unusually low attrition
rate among new students, 33
new male students have been
assigned to triple or quadruple
rooms in Wanberg, Stauffer,
and Johnson Halls, according
to Ken Kelly, Assistant Vice
President of Student Life.
"Because of the rolling
admission policy, it is really
difficult to project how many
new students will need
housing," Kelly said. "This
year we've had just about
everyone show up; only about
six did not."
Harold Hewitt, Vice
President for Business and
Finance, said, "Far more
students are returning, and
also it is a requirement that
sophomores live on campus,"
which added to the
overcrowding.
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wmm
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SPACIOUS LIVING?: Three of four roommates show off
the former Stauffer Library.
With the exception of two
returning sophomores, only the
new male students are affected
by the 25 triples, according to
Kelly. "I have room for the
women," he said.
There are tripled rooms in
Wanberg, Stauffer, and
Johnson, and both the third
floor lounges in Wanberg and
the library in Stauffer have
been converted into quadruple
rooms.
The students, instead of
paying the double room rate of
$2460, are paying $2060 for the
triples. "We haven't come up
with a rate yet for the quads,"
Kelly said.
In order to inform the
students of their living
arrangements, members of
theResidential Life staff were
both "phone contacting and
sending letters," Kelly said.
However, some of the
residents, primarily those in
Stauffer Hall, claimed that they
did not receive any notice from
the school abouthaving to live
in a triple room
Freshman Brendan Carty
said, "I found out about two
weeks before I got here when
[my other roommate] called. I
never got a letter."
Freshman Pete Souza said,
"I called to find out about
housing, and they told me thev
Please see HOUSING page 5.
Professional Psychologist Hired
as Director of Counseling Center
By Amy L. Szczukowski
QC Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Jeanne Miller, a full-
time professional
psychologist has recently been
hired as Director of Student
Counseling Services.
Miller arrived September
1st and gave her first
presentation that day to
parents during freshman
orientation.
She has been a practicing
psychologist for 15 years, after
receiving her Master's Degree
from Texas Tech and her Phd.
from the California School of
Professional Psvcholoev in
Please see MILLER page 5.

QUAKER CAMPUS
Volume LXXVTT NnmW 9 ^5 5"l September 13,1990
The Voice of Whittier College Since 1914
September 13,1990
Master Degree Program
Reviewed for Termination
By Caitlin Duffy
QC News Staff
Whittier College's Speech
Pathology and Audiology two-
year Master Degree Program
is in the process of being
reviewed for termination by
the Educational Policy
Committee.
"The committee will be
holding a hearing to receive
input on this decision," Robert
Marks, Vice President for
Academic Affairs and Dean of
Faculty, said. "Once we reach
a consensus we will be making
a recommendation to President
Ash about whether or not to
continue the Masters Degree
Program. It is still unclear
when this decision will be
reached; most likely this fall."
The proposal for the
termination of the Speech
Pathology and Audiology
Masters Program was
suggested by Marks last spring
when plans for the
accreditation of the program
by the American Speech and
Hearing Association (A.S.H.A.)
fell through.
"A.S.HA. requires that any
Speech Pathology Masters
Program attempting to become
accredited must have a
minimum of three full-time
faculty members with Phd.'s
and must maintain a student to
faculty ratio of six to one,"
Marks said. After three faculty
members resigned last spring
the program could no longer
continue the accreditation
process.
In May, 1990, Speech
Pathology Chairperson, Irene
Carlyle announced to her
students that a proposal had
been made to discontinue the
Masters Program and also to
stop the accreditation process.
Senior and Speech Pathology
Major, Janet Prentice said "the
proposal was announced at our
end of the year picnic. We
were completely surprised...no
notice was even given to the
graduate students."
After the proposal was
presented to the Speech
Pathology Department last
May, a group of over 30
students formed to picket
Whittier's graduation
ceremony. "We wanted people
on the Board of Trustees to
know where we stood,"
Prentice said.
Although no new graduate
students were accepted for the
1990-1991 school year, the
students who are currently
enrolled in the graduate
program were guaranteed that
regardless of whether the
masters program is
discontinued, they will be able
to finish their studies at
Whittier.
"Although the proposal
doesn't effect me directly/'
Cheri Rose-Kocielas, second
A STRUGGLING PROGRAM: The Speech and Hearing Building - home of a Masters
Program, for now.
year Speech Pathology
Graduate Student said, "I feel it
is wrong to stop the
accreditation and the Master
Degree Program. After
hearing the proposal, we (the
current Speech Pathology
Graduate students) felt that the
college was giving up on us."
Rose-Kociela, as well as
three others will be graduating
from the Masters Degree
Program in the spring.
According to Marks, no
new graduate students were
admitted this year because
"starting in 1993, A.S.HA. has
mandated that in order to
become a licensed Speech
Pathologist, one must graduate
from an accredited Masters
Program. If we admitted new
students this year and for some
reason they didn't complete
their studies in two years, they
would have little chance of
getting a job because they
didn't graduate from an
accredited program."
Prentice said that she had
planned to enroll in Whittier's
Speech Pathology Masters
Degree Program after
graduating with her B.A. this
spring. "I still don't understand
why the administration is
taking away a program that is
so successful," she commented.
"I think since we had to
stop the accreditation process,"
Marks said, "it is best for the
college that we put our
resources into the
undergraduate Speech
Pathology Program. Even if
the graduate program ends up
being fazed out, we will
certainly be able to maintain
the quality of the program at
the undergraduate level."
Triples and Quadruples Created to
AccomodateAII On-CampusStudents
By Jennifer Buddemeyer
QC News Staff
As a result of the tendency
for returning students to
remain in the residence halls,
and an unusually low attrition
rate among new students, 33
new male students have been
assigned to triple or quadruple
rooms in Wanberg, Stauffer,
and Johnson Halls, according
to Ken Kelly, Assistant Vice
President of Student Life.
"Because of the rolling
admission policy, it is really
difficult to project how many
new students will need
housing," Kelly said. "This
year we've had just about
everyone show up; only about
six did not."
Harold Hewitt, Vice
President for Business and
Finance, said, "Far more
students are returning, and
also it is a requirement that
sophomores live on campus,"
which added to the
overcrowding.
ih yg0"imC S:
t'/'y-
wmm
iiiifef^f-fS'S-KSSi
SPACIOUS LIVING?: Three of four roommates show off
the former Stauffer Library.
With the exception of two
returning sophomores, only the
new male students are affected
by the 25 triples, according to
Kelly. "I have room for the
women," he said.
There are tripled rooms in
Wanberg, Stauffer, and
Johnson, and both the third
floor lounges in Wanberg and
the library in Stauffer have
been converted into quadruple
rooms.
The students, instead of
paying the double room rate of
$2460, are paying $2060 for the
triples. "We haven't come up
with a rate yet for the quads,"
Kelly said.
In order to inform the
students of their living
arrangements, members of
theResidential Life staff were
both "phone contacting and
sending letters," Kelly said.
However, some of the
residents, primarily those in
Stauffer Hall, claimed that they
did not receive any notice from
the school abouthaving to live
in a triple room
Freshman Brendan Carty
said, "I found out about two
weeks before I got here when
[my other roommate] called. I
never got a letter."
Freshman Pete Souza said,
"I called to find out about
housing, and they told me thev
Please see HOUSING page 5.
Professional Psychologist Hired
as Director of Counseling Center
By Amy L. Szczukowski
QC Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Jeanne Miller, a full-
time professional
psychologist has recently been
hired as Director of Student
Counseling Services.
Miller arrived September
1st and gave her first
presentation that day to
parents during freshman
orientation.
She has been a practicing
psychologist for 15 years, after
receiving her Master's Degree
from Texas Tech and her Phd.
from the California School of
Professional Psvcholoev in
Please see MILLER page 5.